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STANHOPE -- Volleyball continues to trend upward in the southern portion of Nash County, as evidenced by recent success enjoyed by the Southern Nash High School and Middle School spike squads.
SNHS has enjoyed an intense level of improvement over the past few years, thanks in part to the rebuilding work done by successful head coach Melanie Davis.

NASH COUNTY -- The Nash Countty Parks and Recreation Department and the Town of Nashville Recreation Department are partnering to host the 2019 Veteran's Day Football Classic at the Hornets Nest at Glover Park and Nash Central Middle School in Nashville.
The event will be held this coming Saturday and Sunday and will feature the Nashville Hornets, the Nash County Knights and the Wilson Little Demons competing in the 12-Under Division.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College football team rolled to a 48-24 win over rival Methodist University on the road last Saturday afternoon, improving to 4-4 overall on the season.
The Bishops stormed out to a 28-17 lead at halftime behind three rushing touchdowns and a 92-yard kick return TD from junior WR Kevin Alford in the first quarter.

RED OAK -- With a capacity crowd looking on last Friday night, Northern Nash High School's football team used a strong second-half performance to propel themselves to a 22-15 homecoming win over the visiting Fike Golden Demons in a key Big East Conference gridiron showdown.
While Fike struck first on a 26-yard touchdown pass to Octavious Carpenter, Northern responded with quarterback Kameron "Jay" Johnson scoring on a keeper from 17 yards out to tie things up at 7-7 with 7:56 remaining in the first half.

WARREN COUNTY -- Christian Buffaloe, a local Kyokushin Karate fighter, will compete in the "12th Kyokushin Karate World Championships" in Tokyo, Japan on November 22-24.
Buffaloe fought in a Japan-sponsored international qualifying tournament in New York June and gained entry into the World Championships.

ROCKY MOUNT -- From the early portion of the Eastern Plains Conference football schedule, it became clear that SouthWest Edgecombe and Wilson Beddingfield were the prohibitive favorites to hold down the top two spots in the league's gridiron standings.
Third place, however, was up for grabs, along with the potential for a berth in the Class 2-AA State Playoffs.

FIRST FLIGHT WINNERS
CHRIS TRIPP, RANDY
WHITLEY, JOE LANGSTON and TYLER SMALL

SECOND FLIGHT WINNERS
LARRY GUPTON, HASSELL
STRICKLAND, ROSCOE
SPEIGHT and FRANK JOYNER

ROCKY MOUNT -- October 25 was an absolutely beautiful day for the annual Duke K.I.D.S. Golf Tournament.
The event was held at Belmont Lake Golf Club and was sponsored by the West Mount Ruritan Club.
Winners included the following:

HOUSTON, TEX. -- Former North Carolina State University baseball player Trea Turner and the Washington Nationals are the World Series champions.
It is the first championship in 95 years for the city of Washington, as it defeated the Houston Astros, 3-2, in a seven-game series (last was the Senators in 1924).

Two Southern Nash High School defenders make a tackle for the Firebirds during last Friday's road victory against Rocky Mount.

Southern Nash High School legendary veteran football coach Brian Foster makes a point to his players during last Friday night's road triumph against the Rocky Mount Gryphons.

GREENVILLE -- Northern Nash High School's recipe for cross country success always ends with a dash to the Class 3-A State Championships -- and this year will be no different for Coach Jeff Dodrill's perennial distance powerhouse.
Once again, NNHS will be well-represented at the annual state event, which will take place this Saturday at the Ivey Redmon Sports Complex in Kernersville (just west of Winston-Salem).

ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College football team swept all three of the USA South Conference Player of the Week awards for November 4 for the Bishops' 48-24 win over rival Methodist last Saturday.
RB Jeff Black won for offensive, LB Antonio Johnson won for defensive and WR/KR Kevin Alford won for Special Teams.

LOUISBURG - Roger Randolph Bartholomew, 92, of Louisburg, formerly of Castalia, died Sunday, November 3, 2019.